Lebanon national rugby union team


The Lebanese National Rugby Union team have yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup. Lebanon played their first test match against on 14 May 2010 in Dubai The Phoenix currently competes in the Asian Rugby Football Union's, Asian Rugby Championship in Division Three West. In November 2018 Lebanon Rugby attained World Rugby Associate Membership.
On 19 June 2014 the Phoenix defeated Pakistan in the semifinal of the Asian Rugby Football Union's, Asian Five Nation Division 3 West tournament in Lahore, Pakistan, 17 - 3 to book a place in the final on 22 June 2014 against Uzbekistan in Lahore. Lebanon defeated Uzbekistan 20 - 19 to win the tournament.
On 14 April 2015 Lebanon hosted the 2015 Asian Rugby Championship division 3 West tournament in Jounieh, Lebanon. They defeated Jordan in the first round 71 - 3 and won against Iran 27 - 8 to secure their third consecutive Asian title.
In April 2016 Lebanon took part in the Asian Rugby Championship division 3 West tournament held in Doha, Qatar. On 19 April 2016, Lebanon beat Iran 34-12 and went on to face Qatar in the final. Although they led the majority of the match, being penalized down to 13 men gave Qatar an opportunity to take the lead. At the final whistle the score was 25-19 to Qatar.
In March 2017, Lebanon competed in the Asian Rugby Championship, hosted by Uzbekistan in Tashkent. Lebanon defeated Iran 25 to 24 in the semi-final and drawing with hosts Uzbekistan 24 all in the final of the tournament to run out narrow ARC Div III West Champions.
On 24 April, Lebanon hosted the 2018 Asian Rugby Championship Division 3 West tournament in Jounieh, Lebanon. They defeated Jordan in the first round 62 - 3 and won against Iran 27 - 17 who had defeated Qatar in the semi-final to secure their fifth Asian title in six years.

Current squad

PlayerPositionClub
Karim JammalScrum-half San Diego
Georges CassabScrum-half Jamhour Lions RFC
Omar HamaouiScrum-half Beirut Phoenicians RUFC
Ben AboodFly-half South Sydney Rams
Lawrence AboodFly-half Saint Patricks
Jad HashemFly-half Beaver Nomads Rugby Team
Raymond AsfourCentre Catford RUFC
Steve PereWing Jounieh Dragons RFC
Robin HachacheCentre Beirut Phoenicians RFC
Anthony ManassaWing Eastwood
Fadi SaadWing Sydney University Rugby Club.
Martin WahbeFullback Eastwood
Thomas Alexander SalibaFullback Finchley RFC

PlayerPositionClub
Tariq KhaldiProp Barnes RFC
Rony BachourProp Staines RFC
Salem DessoukiProp Calgary Canadian Irish Athletic
Feda DessoukiHooker Calgary Canadian Irish Athletic
Fadi Barakat DiabProp Kuwait Scorpions
Joshua TaweelHooker West Harbour Rugby Club
Mohammed TurkHooker RC Compiègnois
Raymond FinanLock Beirut Phoenicians RFC
Mounir FinanLock Beirut Phoenicians RFC
Joe BakhacheHooker French Froggies RFC
Cyril IraniProp Jamhour Blacklions RFC
Firas El ChamiLock TSV Handschuhsheim
Bilal ElbatouryProp Sydney University Football Club
Kamil AbdallahFlanker Balmain Rugby Football Club
Jason KhouryFlanker West Harbour Rugby Football Club
Ibrahim BalloutFlanker Beirut Phoenicians RFC
François Zgheib FournierFlanker San Diego
Camil Abou FarhatFlanker Jamhour Blacklions RFC
Rudy HachacheNumber 8Beirut Phoenicians RFC
Frederick MakhloufFlanker Jebel Ali Dragons
Kahil BejjaniFlanker Beirut Phoenicians RFC
Sol MokdadLock Beirut Phoenicians RFC
Joseph ToumaNumber eight Barking Rugby Football Club

A full list of all capped Lebanese players: https://web.archive.org/web/20180428120026/http://www.lruf.org/player-profiles/

Record

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